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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Year (In Numbers) This belated post was written in English and with numbers, the Institvte's nth language

  

  Calculus: I can't mention 18.02 without describing Professor Poonen, an ... 's conjecture sums up the year nicely, as of right now. I came in, as countless ... natural intelligence drop off, I can seriously get to work on pursuing more

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Real Snow! Real pictures this time.

  

  drinks cool. I opened the fridge in the middle of the night to grab ... to be hardcore and sleep outside in the snow. Sam and I were among ... picture, because I told everyone to gather in and then held my camera out at

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And the End Closes In My last semester as an MIT undergraduate

  

  I’m finally in my last semester as an MIT undergraduate, and the ... related to photography. I’ve taken plenty of HASS classes in my day, but ... at least results in good photographs). The other classes I am taking

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  speak Mandarin in a professional setting. Will: Before MIT, I can recall ... and family in East Asia. I can't express enough how valuable this ... friends in my community growing up, I hope I can be able to bring that new

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Augmented Reality in Action one step before holograms

  

  waving my hands around in the air. But from my point of view, I'm moving ... BeaconStreet, all of which are organizations I've volunteered for in the past before I ... objects onto the real world. And it's pretty freaking cool. I've been

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 26, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American Idol? What's going on with American Idol?

  

  Tomorrow is my last final! Hurray! In the meantime, I was just surfing the web (read: procrastinating) when I came across an American Idol ... completely missed this season and now I can't believe my eyes! How is Taylor, a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  In The City That Never Sleeps NEEEEEEEEW YORK CIIIIIIIIITY

  

  Spanish Incubator, where I would study Spanish poetry and literature in the ...  not in Spain and I was left with effectively nothing to do this IAP ... semester in CMS.300 Intro to Videogame Theory. In addition to this, I am

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 17, 2022
• Blog / Personal Projects

  10 things I learned in 10 projects a run-down of my making misadventures sophomore year

  

  I do not know if I have mentioned this on the blogs or in public, ever, but I am actually majoring in mechanical engineering. I went on a ... Potter earrings,” said my little sister.  In truth, I’d thought of zero of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2020 if you read even one of these i will be happy

  

  listening. "You dullard," she says now she can finally speak, "I'm your chief ... call argon) is the source of life. This is not in fact the case, and I ... catches my eye now: “I don’t believe in wearing my heart on my sleeve. I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 23, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  The past four weeks, in maps. 3 continents, 4 weeks, 11 planes, made comprehensible.

  

  My adventures from the past month can only really be described, and my absence from the blogosphere explained, using a series of maps. I spent a substantial amount of time at each arrow tip. Where? In order

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  See her picture(s) in a thousand places In which I understand what Bruce Campbell feels like

  

  'm optimistic. If you're the guy mentioned in this blog entry, I was so shocked ... something and let me know. I can introduce you to Mitra. ... . Guy: 'cause you're on Mitra's Blog. Sam: Heh. You know I have a blog now

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 3, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  “i’m not depressed!” haha

  

  assassins guild games in a while on saturday, and i got a lot of work done on sunday. things are going swell, so i can't be depressed, right? my last ... reappearing the next day! and haha things are bad enough i can't even write

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 17, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunday in the Park With chemistry

  

  that I'm conspicuously irregular in my sleep schedule, and I say this ... Avenue, half-groggy and half juiced with adrenaline. Within 20, I'm in ... spots. Now, take the sum of everything that I've just written, factor in

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 26, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  books I read in 2024, ranked and thoughts on the best ones

  

  This year I read 20 books. Here they are in a tier list, ranked based ... what I thought you could do with literature. I’m in love with the way ... in on their own. Even in Ishiguro novels that I’m less fond of (Klara

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  Last train to Koblenz If I get back by 7:30, I don't need a reservation.

  

  :45 AM. Well, dude, I'm in college; I'm not don't have the money to take ... , authorities have set up a row of big-screen projectors in Berlin spanning an entire kilometer to help dedicated fans watch World Cup soccer. Now, I was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  working in studio for five hours and I hate my life but it was awesome,'" he ... was past three in the morning and I'd just returned home from Studio 7 ... welcome my first final review in 4.112 (Integrated Architecture Studio). I

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  musings on duty and purpose brought to you by slow ambles through lobby 10 at twilight

  

  and dying? I can hear my mom in the back of my head saying yes, of ... work and to live with a goal, to plan for a job in which I can help other ... contemplative lately. In my first few weeks here I had tons of questions, but they

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bubble Bath Disastrophe (and Other Adventures) Spring break: adventures and misadventures, coming home, and MIT on the Colbert Report—twice!

  

  burg, and I could count down the miles to home. I live in State College ... Vanilla and Orchid Body Wash. The Colbert Report I’ve been interested in ... . Kateryna Makova. After a year in the Makova lab at Penn State I returned to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Adventure’s Out There….. in Boston! Summer shenanigans at MIT

  

  s, you'll see what I mean soon!). On most weekdays, you can find me in ... semester was a total blur. In some ways, I did it wrong. 5 classes and a UROP ... sucked in. Through my experiences last semster though, I was able to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • July 20, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Met John Waters This beautiful mobile home you see before you is the current hideout of the notorious…

  

  or LA to be a star anymore. You can stay in your home town and make it ... something. In this day and age, this is far from the truth. You can go to a ... ! Barriers are breaking down, and suddenly you can find every kind of people in

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 22, 2019